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Discrete Gene Crossover Accelerates Solution Discovery in Quality-Diversity Algorithms
Joshua Hutchinson, J. Michael Herrmann, Simón C. Smith
Quality-Diversity (QD) algorithms aim to discover diverse, high-performing solutions across behavioral niches. However, QD search often stagnates as incremental variation operators…
Efficient and Diverse Generative Robot Designs using Evolution and Intrinsic Motivation
Leni K. Le Goff, Simón C. Smith
Methods for generative design of robot physical configurations can automatically find optimal and innovative solutions for challenging tasks in complex environments. The vast searc…
NGO Activism: Exposure vs. Influence
Michele Fioretti, Victor Saint-Jean, Simon C. Smith
This paper studies how the timing of NGO activism shapes its effectiveness in influencing corporate behavior. Using data on 2,500 campaigns targeting U.S. firms, we show that campa…
Counterfactual Explanation and Causal Inference in Service of Robustness in Robot Control
Simón C. Smith, Subramanian Ramamoorthy
We propose an architecture for training generative models of counterfactual conditionals of the form, 'can we modify event A to cause B instead of C?', motivated by applications in…